![]() ![]() ![]() As I waited for her to make up her mind about one chair or the other, I checked my phone and saw that I had received a solicitation from something called the Flat-Ikea Society. We had been there for a while, looking for a piece of furniture for our living room. The other day, I was at Ikea (as we call it) with my wife when we had a disagreement. On the other hand, I do feel a need for the ol’ detector occasionally. As you know, there is a lot of bullshit out there, and I got sick of having the alarm go off all the time. Living without a bullshit detector can be peaceful and relaxing. Like a lot of older consumers, I have not kept up on the technology. Kids, I’m told, have built-in bullshit detectors, so maybe you need to be young. I read recently about someone who had a “built-in” bullshit detector! I am completely unable to picture how that might work, but, then, I would not be the person to ask. Over all, the detector was more trouble than it was worth, so I quit using it. Supposedly, it could puncture self-importance, but I could never get that feature to turn on. It was also not too reliable on sanctimony or pomposity, and only so-so on hypocrisy. on ordinary, everyday bullshit, but it could not detect cant. It was an awkward thing, like one of those little roll-aboard briefcases, but made of bright-orange high-impact plastic, and it didn’t work very well. I used to have one, but I don’t even know where it is anymore-maybe out in the garage. ![]()
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